Steggy, your post is a great example of the mindset of those who have no respect for the intellectual property of others (I suspect this is the mindset of the majority of "file sharers")...

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Steggy:
I don't feel bad about my d/ling. It's very useful to me. I have millions of songs at my hand by the clicking of a mouse. Most of these I wouldn't be able to go to the record store and find anymore. </font>


I can understand downloading a song that you simply can't find at some retail outlet. There are probably many examples of this but I doubt that this case accounts for the vast majority of downloads. It would be nice if there was a way to compensate the people involved in creating the rare song(s) but I can understand why you'd want to download a song like this for your collection.

What's most telling about your statement is that downloading is very useful to YOU. That pretty much says it all doesn't it?

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I buy the records of artist I like and can respect as people. If the industry would start putting out quailty music and artist sales would go up.

I'm not gonna give my money to some artist who prances around in next to nothing and lipsyncs.</font>


So now it's up to you to decide who deserves to get paid and who doesn't? If you buy the music of the artists you like and respect, do you delete the music of those who prance around and lipsync or those you don't like and respect? Somehow I don't get that impression from you given the "millions" of songs you have downloaded.

Indeed, it has little or nothing to do with who "deserves" to get paid does it? You and the other downloaders just choose to use that as an excuse to help yourselves to the property of others. It would be more understandable if you were honestly trying to "preview" a song but again, you only buy the ones by artists you like and respect. What happens to the other songs?

If you don't feel bad about downloading music, I hope it won't bother you if you end up getting caught and being sued. Somehow, I doubt that you'll see it that way though.

Van Borden
a.k.a. Buzz Grudge